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5-Year NIH Grant to Investigate Nano-Based Pharmaceuticals for Drug and Gene Therapy

Vladimir Torchilin, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of pharmaceutical sciences at Northeastern University's Bouvé College of Health Sciences, was recently awarded a 5-year, $1.54 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Cancer Institute to investigate ways to increase the efficacy of nanocarrier-based pharmaceuticals for drug and gene therapy.

23 Oct 2008

Project Will Advance Promising New RNAi Cancer Therapies

Kylin Therapeutics, Inc., a developer of next-generation RNAi therapeutics, announced the expansion of its research and development efforts. The project will advance promising new RNAi cancer therapies. This expanded...

23 Oct 2008

An Innovative Way to Make and Pattern Nanoscale Wires and Other Devices

By manipulating the way tiny droplets of fluid dry, Cornell researchers have created an innovative way to make and pattern nanoscale wires and other devices that ordinarily can be made only with expensive lithographic to...

23 Oct 2008

Indium Gallium Arsenide Compounds Created Using HVPE Technique

TDI, an Oxford
Instruments company, has recently advanced the Hydride Vapour Phase Epitaxy
(HVPE) technology to the growth of InGaN. HVPE is best known for its capability
to grow low defect, crack free, high quality quasi bulk GaN and AlN materials.

23 Oct 2008

RNA Interference Company to Present at Discovery on Target Conference

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an RNA interference company developing novel therapeutics in multiple disease areas, today announced that Bob D. Brown, Ph.D., senior vice president of research, Dicerna, and Dicerna co-fou...

22 Oct 2008

Brookhaven Lab Physicist Recognized for Work in Subatomic Particles Called Quarks

Physicist Paul Sorensen, a Maurice and Gertrude Goldhaber Distinguished Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, will receive the 2009 George E. Valley Jr. Prize from the American Physical Society (APS).

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 22 Oct 2008

Nanoscience Instruments Announces Worldwide Distribution of All-Diamond AFM Probes

Nanoscience Instruments, the premier US-based distributor of nanotechnology instrumentation and supplies, today announces the worldwide distribution of NaDiaProbes® -Advanced Diamond Technologies' (ADT) new line ...

22 Oct 2008

Artificial Connection Shown to Restore Voluntary Movement to Paralyzed Limbs

An artificial connection between nerve cells in the brain and muscles has been shown to restore voluntary movement to paralyzed limbs. This finding was reported today in the journal Nature.

22 Oct 2008

Mycronic Introduces FPS5300 Pattern Generator for Advanced Electronic Packaging Photomasks

Micronic Laser Systems AB, a leading global supplier of laser pattern generators for photomasks, today introduced the FPS5300, a pattern generator for producing the large area photomasks needed in the expanding field of ...

22 Oct 2008

Asylum Research Sponsors Events in Continuing Efforts to Expand Usage and Understanding of AFM/SPM

In its continuing efforts to expand the usage and understanding of Atomic Force/Scanning Probe Microscopy (AFM/SPM) in the biological sciences, Asylum Research is sponsoring four events in the coming months.

From Asylum Research - An Oxford Instruments Company 22 Oct 2008

Malvern Instruments Participates in Newly-Formed OPC Analyzer Device Integration Working Group

Malvern Panalytical is pleased to announce its participation in the newly-formed OPC Analyzer Device Integration Working Group. The group has been constituted to develop a common method for data exchange and an analyzer data model for process and laboratory analyzers.

From Malvern Panalytical 22 Oct 2008

New System Combines Capability of White Light Interferometry and SPM Technology

Ambios Technology, Inc. introduced its new Q-View White Light Interferometer / SPM system at the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering in Portland, Oregon. This new system combines the capability of white light interferometry and SPM technology.

22 Oct 2008

Research Agreement to Better Understand How Proteins Interact in Cancer and AIDS

National Cancer Institute contractor SAIC-Frederick, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation, and Silicon Kinetics, Inc., a San Diego-based biotechnology company with research la...

22 Oct 2008

Photronics to Streamline its Operating Infrastructure in Europe

Photronics, Inc., a worldwide leader in supplying innovative imaging technology solutions for the global electronics industry, announced today its intention to streamline its operating infrastructure in Europe by ceasing...

22 Oct 2008

New Strategies to Exploit Electrocatalytic Properties and High Surface Area of Graphene Sheets

Graphene is the latest nanoscale form of carbon to be discovered and it is currently the hottest topic in condensed matter physics and materials science due to its novel electronic properties. An important feature of graphene, which has not been exploited so far, has been its edges, where interesting electrocatalytic properties and sites for functionalization can develop.

22 Oct 2008

Nanotechnology News

5-Year NIH Grant to Investigate Nano-Based Pharmaceuticals for Drug and Gene Therapy

Project Will Advance Promising New RNAi Cancer Therapies

An Innovative Way to Make and Pattern Nanoscale Wires and Other Devices

Indium Gallium Arsenide Compounds Created Using HVPE Technique

RNA Interference Company to Present at Discovery on Target Conference

Brookhaven Lab Physicist Recognized for Work in Subatomic Particles Called Quarks

Nanoscience Instruments Announces Worldwide Distribution of All-Diamond AFM Probes

Artificial Connection Shown to Restore Voluntary Movement to Paralyzed Limbs

Mycronic Introduces FPS5300 Pattern Generator for Advanced Electronic Packaging Photomasks

Asylum Research Sponsors Events in Continuing Efforts to Expand Usage and Understanding of AFM/SPM

Malvern Instruments Participates in Newly-Formed OPC Analyzer Device Integration Working Group

New System Combines Capability of White Light Interferometry and SPM Technology

Research Agreement to Better Understand How Proteins Interact in Cancer and AIDS

Photronics to Streamline its Operating Infrastructure in Europe

New Strategies to Exploit Electrocatalytic Properties and High Surface Area of Graphene Sheets

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